At Least 15 Killed In Latest S.Sudan Road Ambush

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published June 08, 2017 | 11:55 PM

JUBA, June 8, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 08th Jun, 2017 ) - Unknown gunmen on Thursday ambushed a convoy on the main road connecting South Sudan's capital with the Ugandan border, killing at least 15 people, officials said.

Nine others were wounded in the attack on a civilian convoy escorted by the military on the insecure Juba-Nimule highway.

"The convoy was attacked in Moli village when it was coming from Nimule to Juba with an escort," said South Sudan police spokesman Daniel Justine, who confirmed the death toll.

He said the convoy was "targeted with heavy weapons" and that gunfire struck a military vehicle and two private civilian vehicles. Some of the wounded and the dead were taken to Juba's main hospital while others were transported to the border town of Nimule.